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Sketch of the West-Coast of Africa
This manuscript map was drawn and annotated by George Giles, Master of HMS ‘Grappler’. Giles gives detailed descriptions, intended for use by future Royal Navy anti-slavery patrols, of where to find slave ships and how to treat released slaves.
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Object Details
| ID: | G241:4/50 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps; Special collections |
| Type: | Map |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Giles, George |
| Places: | Gulf of Guinea; West Africa |
| Date made: | circa 1846-49 |
| Exhibition: | The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire; Enslavement and Resistance |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Measurements: | Overall: 470 x 585 mm |